HOLIDAY OUTLOOK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
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been m any h ealth im provem ents
ca rrie d out in the school, u nder the
direction of Mrs. Ellen Post, M ult
nom ah county h ealth nurse. Dr
J. E ari Else, a goiter specialist
from P o rtlan d , exam ined the pupils
By MRS. J B 88IB MILLAR.
F irs t and second g rad es are of W ilkes school for possible goiter.
By EVA L. CAM PBELL,
School Dlst. No. 7 has been In ex w orking hard to obtain th e sta n d
E very year th e school has given supervisor Multnomah County Schools
istence over 50 years
T he first ard In P alm er penm anship, due to one evening program in the fall, an
A school is th e re su lta n t of a
school building was a log one th e fact th a t specim ens of penm an aftern o o n program with a tre e at certain group of in te ra c tin g fact-
w hich was erected a sh o rt distance ship a re to be sent in for aw ards C h ristm as, a c a n ta ta and g ra d u a ors— pupils, te ac h ers, educational
north of th e site of the p resent soon. All b ut five pupils received tion exercises a t th e end of th e objectives, c u rricu lu m , buildings,
building
W hen the rig h t of way th e ir aw ard s le st year.
school year. Special weeks, as equipm ent, tim e av ailab le for edu
for th e O. W. R. & N. was surveyed
Several ideas ill h ealth have been C hildren's Book • week. F ire Pro- cation, and en v iro n m en tal condi
in 1880, it was discovered th a t the portrayed by the second grade tection week, etc., and special days tions.
log schoolhouse w as on th e rig h t through p o sters and com positions. as Colum bus day, F ran ces E. W il
W ith resp ect to a num ber of
of way so th e board of d irec to rs de A cam paign for b etter teeth was lard day, A rm istice day, etc., w ere these it would be easy to show th a t
cided to build a one-room fram e ca rrie d out during w hich sam ples observed in each room.
ru ra l schools have definite h an d i
building.
W ilkes school has m ade g reat capping deficiencies and needs. We
of tooth paste w as obtained for the
In 1881 H iram W ilkes and S arah children and a record kept at strid e s to w ard s being a first-class probably find few er of these de
Ann W ilkes deeded one acre of school.
d istric t in th e last th ree years. T his ficiencies and needs in M ultnom ah
land to School Dlst. No. 7, to be
Intense in te re st was noted in the includes building im provem ents, county schools th an in m any be
used for school purposes only. The 1 P ilgrim P ro ject worked out in No en ro llm en t of pupils and the ad d i cause of en v iro n m en tal conditions.
m em bers of the board a t th is tim e vem ber. T he story of the P ilgrim s tion of an e x tra teacher. The in All of our schools a re located on
w ere Jacob Zim m erm an, P eter was worked o ut on th e sand table creased atten d a n ce has caused good highw ays easily accessible to
R rpelding and F rederick Ham ilton. and also dram atized by the first and cram ped playing conditions on the city w ith its c u ltu ra l advantag
T he building th a t was erected to second grades In language class rain y days. T his h as been a lle es. Because of th is, M ultnom ah
replace the log one served for a Spelling booklets w ere m ade rep viated by half hour noons and su county is able to se cu re b etter
experienced
num ber of years. In 1913 th e first resen tin g tu rk ey s and also book pervised gym nastic and play w ork train ed and m ore
u nit of th e p resen t building w as lets of P ilgrim life and custom s in the auditorium . W ilkes school teach ers, and, a fte r all, it is the
e re c te d ,' w hich was thoroughly The m ost in terestin g p a rt of the is looking fo rw ard to the tim e personnel of th e teach in g force
m odern; in 1922 an o th er room was project was the building of a mod when a play shed will relieve th is m ore th an any oth er one th in g th a t
m akes for su ccessful schools.
added and a second teacher em ern house and a P ilg rim house cram ped condition.
T he Louise Home Aids Many.
ployed. In 1926 th is was enlarged show ing the difference and changes
As su p erv iso r of th e schools in
T he Louise Home for g irls, s it th is county I find m ost of th e
and at present the building con in mode of living. All fu rn itu re
tain s th ree large class rooms, an was m ade and arran g e d by the uated on the B ark er road, is one te ach ers w illing to co o p erate In
auditorium and the p rincipal's children. Dry goods boxes form ed of th e In stitu tio n s of the Pacific any m easu re w hich w ill in crease
P ro tectiv e society.
the w alls of th e houses.
office.
the efficiency of th e ir w ork. Be
In th e early days of the w ar th e cause of th is cooperation, scientific
November brought w ith it
T hree ac res of land adjoining the
original acre have been purchased, w ealth of p ro ject m aterial to the p resen t location of th e Home w ith te sts and
m easu rem en ts
have
The tw o buildings was purchased, and found a p erm an en t place in m any
w hich provides adequate play interm ediate grad e room.
fourth and th ird g rades m ade I’ll with additions and im provem ents of o u r schools.
ground for the pupils.
P rin c ip a ls and
For th e p ast siz years the d is grim booklets w hich contained have grow n into four large, w ell te ach ers a re becom ing in terested
tric t has tran sp o rte d the pupils to original com position by the pupils equipped stru c tu re s on the 20 acres in the re su lts of th ese te sts as they
and from school. W. P. Bell is th e Each story w as illu stra te d with of land owned.
apply to co n crete cases, in th e r e
T he sm aller o t th e two original lationships am ong th e resu lts of
pictures m ade and colored by the
p resen t bus driver.
T he teaching staff is us follow s; class. The e n tire room particip ât buildings was very m uch enlarged m any te sts given to th e sam e In
Lois G ray, prin cip al; Edna R. ed in th e study of th e life of the and converted into a hospital for dividual pupil, and In w h at ought
C arlyle, interm ediate, and Lucile P ilgrim s in th is country. T he ch il th e girls.
to be done for th is individual p u
dren depicted th e home 4ife by fu r
A county school building w as pil when th ese facts and th e ir in
P lu n k ett, prim ary.
T he school work th is year has nishing a shoe box w ith the au stere soon erected w here school, u nder te r-rela tio n sh ip s have been d is
been m ore extensive th an ever be P ilgrim fu rn itu re m ade from p a th e d irection of tw o excellent covered.
fore, due to m any Im provem ents per. T he th ird grade pupils have te ach ers, is held for the en tire
The reading and arith m etic w ork
and added facilities. T he m onthly m ade booklets of each poem they school year, and all g irls atten d of all te a c h e rs has been observed
visits of Miss Eva Campbell, the have m em orized, and draw n pic u n less Incapacitated by illness.
and m any te ac h ers have been led
T he g rad es above th e th ird are to see th a t th ey w ere w orking
supervisor of schools for M ultno tu re s w hich they th o u g h t would
mah county have proved very best Illu stra te the poem. The ta u g h t and th e g irls who are in w ithout clea rly defined objectives,
beneficial. Among the added facil fourth and fifth g rad es cut from high school can earn cred its by and a re endeavoring to co rrec t
ities are w all clocks and library m agazines a p ictu re to use on the ta k in g th e prescribed business those conditions.
tables in each of th e rooms, and a cover ot th e ir poetry books. These co u rse o f typing, bookkeeping,
A special condition to be m et in
new set of m aps in the upper grade books a re to contain the en tire om m erclal arith m etic and English.
ru ra l education Is th a t of th e one-
Of th e 15 g irls who took th e
room. Each of th e rooms has been w ork of the year.
and tw o -teach er schools. U ntil we
T he fifth grad e illu stra te d in eighth grad e exam inations last
ca rry in g out a series of cam paigns
have a specially adapted form of
posters th ree well balanced m eals sp rin g all passed th e county test,
of activity work.
cu rricu lu m m ade to the specifica
w
hich
sp
eak
s
w
ell
for
both
te
a
c
h
for
one
day.
T
he
o
th
e
r
g
rades
D uring Indian sum m er a quite
tions of these schools, it is p ra c
extensive Indian project was c a r have been tak in g up h ealth habits ers and pupils.
tically im possible for them to cope
T
he
new
juvenile
hospital
was
ried out In the prim ary room. It and m aking free hand p o sters for
with the full elem en tary ed u ca
opened th e 28th of Septem ber and
included an Indian village con each rule.
tional problem .
T he penm anship periods have Is alread y overflow ing, and m ore
stru cted on the sand table, as well
But m odern ed ucational ideals
as booklets in which the Indian been spent In w riting for P alm er a re seeking en tra n ce weekly. T he
a re realizab le even in o n e-teacher
home, dress, food and life In gen aw ards. T he fifth g rad e class is old cottage, w hich was used for th e
and tw o -teach er schools, given a p
The ho sp ital, before th is was opened,
era l w ere illu strated . T he a r t w ork prep arin g a ghost party.
p ro p riate cu rricu la, eq uipm ent and
d uring the p roject consisted of ghosts to assem ble nt th is p arty has been thoroughly renovated and
teachers. I t tak es a good teach er
n early ready for th e m a tern ity
free hand cu ttin g of wigwams, are c h a ra c te rs from history which
to utilize a good cu rric u lu m —th e
All upper cases.
canoes, etc. Indiun posters w ere they have studied.
poor te ac h ers m erely rep e at the
At
p
resen
t
th
e
re
ure
90
g
irls
in
g
rades
have
increased
th
e
ir
speed
also made.
type of education w hich produced
A device, in the form of an a ir and accuracy in arith m etic by th e home, and th e trag ed y is th a t them.
plane race, to obtain b etter num standardized te sts and d rills. The th re e -fo u rth s of all a re from broken
T his y ear th e re w ill be no sta te
ber work was ca rrie d out in the pupils of the Oregon history class homes, broken by death of one or
exam inations given in th e county,
second grude. T he pupils chose have worked at individual projects both p are n ts or by divorce, th e la t
but objective te sts will be used as
sides, and raced to New York. The rep rese n tin g various epochs of te r being the la rg e st in num ber.
T he g irls, u n d er the direction of
planes, placed in th e ch alk tray Oregon history such us F ort Van-
and moved to the next station each couvçr, F o rt A storia, th e fur b rig th e w orkers, a ssist In th e g eneral
D uring th e w inter w ork and in th e laundry. T h eir
day by the w inning side, m ade the ades, etc.
race m ore exciting. The resu lts m ouths the reading classes read alloted ta sk Is changed from tim e
and report in class upon the lib ra to tim e, and th u s they get a good
show ed favorable progress.
To obtain speed and accuracy ry books read during th e cam paign. know ledge of g en eral housew ork.
and a t the sam e tim e encourage a At th e close of th e year th ese r e Many of them go from here at the
ta ste for good reading, the prlm ury p orts are given to th e county li ex p iratio n of th e ir tim e, into homes
te ac h er has offered a prize to all b ra ria n who issues rending certifi w here a goodly num ber give sa tis
For th e past tw o years faction.
second g rad e rs who read and u n cate*.
P reaching services and Sunday
d ersta n d seven lib rary books d u r each pupil in th is room has earned
ing the school year. T he pupils a reading certificate, m aking the school a re held every Sunday In
th e home, and reg u lar Bible classes
have already qualified for prizes room 100 per cent.
D uring th e last year th e re have th ro u g h th e week. T he new hos
th is term .
pital is thoroughly up to date in
every p artic u la r, w ith a train ed
n u rse in co n stan t atten d an ce and
a physician who com es two or
th ree tim es weekly.
For th e money needed to ca rry
on th e w ork the sta te and the P o rt
land Com m unity Chest fu rn ish a
The New V lfT A R
p a rt an d the rem ain d er comes
Orthophonie » l v I VI»
from v o lu n tary offerings.
T he self-sacrificing w ork of the
77/te Gift ihtil Ifeeps on Giving
founder. W. O. M acLaren, canupt
M usic! A fter a lt w hat
be too highly com mended.
He
gift can b rin g m o re g e n
sta rted th e first unit of th is w ork
u in e p lea su re th a n m u
22 y ea rs ago In P o rtlan d at w hat
sic?
T h e New O rth o
Is know n as "P o rtla n d Commons"
ph o n ie Viet rota, m u si
and th ro u g h all these y ea rs he has
cal m arv el of th e age.
given him self u n tirin g ly to the
fu rn in h e s th e IlneHt m u
task , w ith no com pensation save a
nie fo r th e hom e. H e a r
h are su p p o rt for hts fam ily as
th e O rth o p h o n ie Vlc-
recom pense. His w orth is know n
tro la play th e w o n d e r
n atio n ally am ong refo rm ers, and a
ful new V ictor records,
few m onths ago he w as elected
m ad e th e new V ictor
president of the N ational P rison
way.
association.
T he Oasis T ea Room.
The O asts Is situ ate d at the In
te rse ctio n of Sandy and B arker
roads. T he arc h ite c tu re Is semi-
C om e in a n d h e a r th e new V ictor O rth o p h o n ie
Moortsh.
records. T hey a r e m arv e ls of a u th e n tic re p ro d u c
T he larg e tea room is cozy w ith
50-Year-Old School Develops
Info Pine, Modern Institution
16, 1927
GRESHAM OUTLOOK, GRESHAM, OREGON
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Battery Service.
. tiou to th e p rin cip als and teach -
, era of M ultnom ah county for th e ir
Some Observations on the Rural
cooperation th e p ast th re e m onths
Schools of Multnomah County and to w ish them a happy and
prosperous New Year.
A g u aran teed b attery for |3 or >4
and y o u r old one. C harging, 50c.
Pow ell Valley a t 52d street. Phone
TA bor 0284 afte r 7 p. m.—Adv.
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tim e of te ac h er and ch ild ren aw ay
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1 from tru e education to focus it up-
It would be a unique idea to
on m em orizing m ore or less iso lat
try a luncheon or chicken d in
ed facts.
ner a t th e unique little place
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U ntil we have much m ore re li
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n’ea r the 12-mile co rn e rs called
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able inform ation th an at p rese n t of
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w hich cu rricu lu m is of m ost w orth
for ru ra l children, an y form al Im **
posed req u irem en t like th is is a i *
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ball and ch ain to p ro g ress. The
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objective te st can far b etter serve
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th e p urposes so u g h t by eighth
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g rad e exam ination w ith m uch less *
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Owned and o perated by
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Syd Wo*d of Auto Club fame.
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We have tak en long strid e s in the *
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p ast 20 y ears tow ard m aking
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$1.50 a n d $1.00 C hick en D in n e rs a n y tim e.
teaching a profession, b ut we need *
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P o ta to e s, 50c.
Freedom and grow th arg tw o of *
them . E very m em ber has a voice **
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40c B u sin e ss M ens’ L u n c h e o n , 11 a. m. to 2 p. m.
and an o p p o rtu n ity to m ake an in *
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S an d w ich es a n d Coffee a n y tim e.
dividual
co n trib u tio n ,
however *
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g re a t or sm all it may be, to th e **
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Clean, wholesome food, well cooked and a cheery fireplace
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sum to ta l of the tru th know n to *
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await
you
here.
th e profession.
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; a basis for prom otion.
eiKhth Rrade e la m ln a llo n tu rn 8 th e
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When You “Dig Down”
to buy a box of
VOGAN’S
CANDIES
You know th a t you a r e b u y in g h e r th e b e st C andy e v e r m ade.
F u ll
c re a m c e n te re d C h o c o la te s a n d B o n b o n s— fre s h n u ts a n d f ru its th ic k ly cov
ered w ith th e m o st delicio u s c h o c o la te . E a c h a n d ev e ry piece b rim fu l of
ca n d y goodness.
TH E BEST OF G IFTS— ever ap p reciated by a ll—delicious chocolates in a p p ro p riate C h rist
m as boxes. From one to five pounds of goodness.
BON BONS—A ssorted Candies,
Covered F ru its —in b ulk or boxed.
Buy your H oliday Candies here.
To help you p re p a re for and celeb rate C h ristm as we h av e: .C h ristm a s T ree D ecora
tions, ( hristnius C repe and W rapping T issue, Holiday G reeting Cards, Fancy Box S ta tio n
ery, F ountain P en s, F la s h lig h ts N apkins, Etc,
Try Our Luncheon
Special prices on
X m as Candies
and N uts to
schools, churches,
lodges, etc.
The White Way
M. L. (D a n ) W H IT E , P ro p .
G re sh am P h o n e 2351
Cigars Tobaccos
Cigarettes
Nuts
Soda Fountain
Ice Cream
at all times
Having Moved
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to its
Beautiful New Home at Sixth and Salmon Streets
For Christmas, and Ever After
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All th«* lute V ictor lteco rd s alw ay s in stock.
n
G. M. DAVIDSON
EX C L U SIV E
VICTOR
AG ENT
Candy in boxes and in hulk.
Many tine gift suggestions in stock
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G resh am , O regon X
announces a
Not only
Shop-Worn or Used Appliances
th e
v e ry
la rg e
tir e p la , c. th e
ta ll
palm s and o rien tal decorations. A
X B runsw ick P an n tro p e furn ish es
m usic for dancing. T he sm aller
dining room s m ake Ideal places for I
luncheons or b anquets and th ere is
also a com plete fountain service
T he highest sta n d a rd s of good
ta ste a re m aintained and an o r
c h e stra fu rn ish es m usic on S a tu r
day n ig h ts and on special occa
kA sions Dr and Mrs. Emil Nelson
are the host and hostess.
The O asis Service statio n is an
a ttra c tiv e stucco bnil|]ing n ear th e
tea room.
The it A B garage, the Ascot
A cre sto re and g arag e located on
th e Base Line road a re also in th is
d is tr ic t
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Portland Gas & Coke Co.
Rummage Sale
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Prices range from $51) to $.'*(),) K
tio n .
the
but
all kinds of fixtures, etc., etc,
for sale
NEVER SUCH A CHANCE
to get
BARGAINS
C o m e to th e o ld sto re a t F ifth a n d A ld e r
B u t c o m e b e fo re e v e ry th in g is g o n e /